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CGL 3.0 Released as Adoption of Linux in Communication Infrastructure Accelerates

BEAVERTON, Ore., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open Source Development Labs
(OSDL), a global consortium of companies dedicated to accelerating the
adoption of Linux, today announced that OSDL Carrier Grade Linux Requirements
Definition, version 3.0 (CGL 3.0) is now available as a technology release for
evaluation by developers. Currently there are 22 companies producing products
based on CGL -- six Linux distributions and 16 of the industry's leading
telecommunications equipment manufacturers (TEMs) and network equipment
providers (NEPs).

"Linux is making huge advances in telecommunications," said Stuart Cohen,
CEO of OSDL. "The Lab serves an important role as a catalyst for customers,
vendors and developers where they can work together on Linux to meet the
exacting demands of carrier-grade networks."

"Carriers and network equipment providers are both increasingly looking at
Linux solutions to reduce infrastructure costs and to rapidly deliver new
applications in their telecommunications infrastructure," said Lee Doyle group
vice president of Network Infrastructure for research firm IDC.

Products based on CGL are being developed by some of the world's largest
equipment manufacturers and Linux software developers as the market for
Linux-based telecommunication products continues to grow. CGL 3.0 is a
forward-looking document; solutions based on CGL 3.0 requirements definition
are expected to arrive sometime in 2006.

"Linux is a critical element of emerging modular telecommunications
platforms, offering faster time to market and reduced cost," said Andy Wilson,
business development manager of the Intel Open Source Technology Center and
the chair of the OSDL Carrier Grade Linux Working Group. "Carrier Grade Linux
3.0 sets a technology direction for Linux developers, equipment designers and
distributors to collaborate on improved availability, performance and
serviceability in future products."

CGL 3.0 is divided into six functional areas: -- Availability -- aiming for 99.999% availability with no downtime for
system maintenance and system expansion. Includes on-line operations,
redundancy, monitoring, and robust software;

-- Clusters -- defined scope as high availability cluster (HAC), removes
single point of failure for both hardware and software;

-- Standards -- specifies need for compliance with other standards such as
the Linux Standard Base (LSB), SA Forum interface specification, POSIX, and
other standards that promote interoperability;

-- Hardware -- focuses on standards-based, modular,
commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware components. Includes support for hot
swap components, including hot swap blades and high throughput
interconnections. The OSDL CGL Requirements Definition, available free online from OSDL at
http://www.osdl.org/lab_activities/carrier_grade_linux/ , is a public
reference blueprint for Linux distributions, major end users or Linux kernel
developers to build Linux kernel features and associated libraries that are
required by telecommunication carriers in their next-generation network
infrastructure. The definition does not cover carrier applications, which are
under development by commercial vendors and open source project members. About Open Source Development Labs (OSDL)

OSDL -- home to Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux -- is dedicated to
accelerating the growth and adoption of Linux. Founded in 2000 by CA, Fujitsu,
Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel and NEC, OSDL is a non-profit organization at the
center of Linux supported by a global consortium of more than 60 of the
world's largest Linux customers and IT industry leaders. OSDL sponsors
industry-wide initiatives around Linux in telecommunications, in the
enterprise data center and on corporate desktops. The Lab also provides Linux
expertise and computing and test facilities in the United States and Japan
available to developers around the world. Visit OSDL on the Web at
http://www.osdl.org/ . NOTE: OSDL is a registered trademark of Open Source Development Labs,
Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Third party marks and
brands are the property of their respective holders.